Corset



July 19, 1927. 1,636,399

I. R. VERSOY CORSET Fild Sept. s. 1925 s Sheets-Sheet 1 July 19; 1927.

I. R. VERSOY CORSET Filed Sept. 5. 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 i. R. VERSOY 'July 19, 1927.

CORSET Filed Sept. 5, 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Quorum Patented July 19, 1927.

UNITED STATES 'IR-VING It.

PAT E N'F OFFICE.

VER SQ YfOF NEW HAVEN, CONNEGTICU D, A'SSIGNOR TO THE BERGER.

BROTHERS COMPANY, OF NEW HEAlVENg. GONNEGTICUT.

coRsE'r.

A iicatiim filed September 3(1925. 'seriaruo. 54383.

This inventimirelates' to corsets or girdles, and more particularly to such garments with which are designed to-be worn abdominal supporters oi: the like, which are secured to the body of the 'garn'ient'by means of straps. In general, these straps are secured to the supporters and are designed to be passed through buckles secured lto the corset or girdle whereby the supporter ism'ai'ntained in the correct positionlby the body of the corset itself. Thepr'esent invention relates particularly to the method of securing such buckles to the'co'r'set' These buckles have in the past usually been securedfto'straps or tapes and these straps stitched to t he' corset upon the outside thereof They are, therefore, quite conspicuous and det ra-c't' 'fr'oin tlieappearance of the garment.

One Object of my invention is the provision of a novel means for securing the buckle straps to the corset;

Another object of my' invention is the provision of means for'securing buckles to a corset wherebythe straps-secured tot'he buckles will be disposed for substantially their entire length upon the inside surface of the corset, while the buckles will be disposed ion the outside thereof Where they may be engaged with the straps of a supporter or the like Another object of my invention is the provision of a novel method for securing buckles upon a corset whereby the straps to which the buckles are secured pass from the outside to the inside of the corset, where they may be connected with the strong stay seams and concealed from view.

To these and other ends, the invention consists in the novel features and combination of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed. v

In the accompanying drawings:

F ig, 1 is a side elevational view of a corset embodying my improvements; I v

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary elevational view of a corset showing the method of attaching the buckles thereto;

Fig. 3 is a view of the inner side of the corset, the reverse from that shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on line 44 of Fig. 2; v

Fig.5 isa view similar to Fig. 2 showing a view of a portion of; the outside of a corset ac'ors'et 10, designed to-be leader-11m" the ree ter-611s body. It Wilt be understood ,however, that my improvements-are not restricted to'a front-'lacecorset'," but may be applied to"'other forms as welli The corsetismad'e upfgenera lly'speaking, of a number f goresorsectio'ns 12, upon which are-placed" stay seams"l3,wi'thin which are placed relatively stilf stays to preserve the form of the garment and cause it to lieflatly upon the bodyQ Thecorset is provided-with b'ucltles 14 secured at the ends of buckle straps L5, which are in turn secured to the body or thecorset' To providea firm con- 'nectien between the corset and the buckles;

these str'apsare. usually secured at some place in their lengthtothe'strong stay seams ofthe corset so that the pull or tension upon the buckle straps is borne by such seams. The invention is especially applicable to corsets or belts having abdominal support ing pads such asshown' in the D. S. Berger Patent, No. 980,745, of January 3-, 1911, where thesupporter or pad arranged beneath the corset at the front is heldin place by straps passing out through slots at the sides of the corset bod and secured to buckles attached at the Si es of the .corset body ad jace'nt the'sl'ots. In Fig; 1 I have not cons'idered it necessary to show the supporting paid, but the buckles are illustra'tedand the forwardly projecting ends of the straps 15 which may be heI-d in place under loops 15'. The slots in the body of the corset through which the straps pass are shown at 15 in Fig. 3'.

In the form of my invention shown in 1. 4, the gore or section 16- is originally of a greater width than would be necessary to extend between the stay sections 17 and 1. 8. Thiss'ecti on is then cut longitudinally and its two ends overlapped and stitched together along the line 19'. The buckle straps 15 are disposed at the buckle ends upon the exterior or outer side of the garment and pass to the inside of the garment between the two sections 21 and 22 of the gore 16; that is, they pass between the overlapped edges of these sections between the line of stitching 19. The rear endsof these straps shown at 23 upon the inside of the garment are then carried rearwardly to be secured to the strong stay seam 18 and disposed as shown in Fig. '4 between these stays 24 and 25, and the body fabric of the garment 26. As shown in F i'g. 4, the rear section 22 of the gore 16 is lapped over the rear edge of the front section 21, and the buckle straps 15 are stitched therebetween and pass through this seam from the exterior to the interior of the garment. L The front edge of the section 22 is turned under to provide a hem 27. I

It may be noted that with this'c'onstruction practically all of the strap 15 is concealed from view, only a very small portion adjacent the buckle being visible at theoutside of the garment, notwithstanding the fact that the buckle is disposed upon the outsideof the corset as is desirable. Moreover, the rear ends of these st'raps are secured beneath the stays 24 and 25 or between these stays and the body fabric so that these' ends are not left to project in an unsightly manneron the inside of the garment. Also, the rear edge of the section 21 may be covered by a strip of cloth or tape 28 on the inside of the garment, so as to conceal the seam between the sections 21 and 22 and improve the appearance of the garment. The front edge of the strip 28 is stitched to sections 21 and 22 along line 19, whilethe rearedge of the strip is stitched to section 22 along line 20. Fig. 4 shows that the outer end portion of the strap 15 engaging the buckle 14 is folded upon itself to present a two-ply strap extending from the buckle past the line of stitching 19 and also past the line of stitching 20. The lapped-over end of the strap is terminated after passing the line of stitching 20 in the form shown in Fig. 4, but this particular arrangement is not always essential. After passing the line of stitching 20, the strap, which is then single ply, as shown at 23, and is now on the inside face of the garment, passes and is secured by a line of stitching 18* which holds at one edge a cover 24 for the stays 24 and 25 and secures it to the part 22.- The line of stitching 18 passes through the middle portion of the cover member 24 and through the single ply strap portion and through the section 26 into the edge portion of the section 22. At the other edge of the cover member 24 is a further line of stitching 18" securing the cover member 24 to the single ply strap portion and to the section 26. The strip or tape 28 previously referred to is held in place at its respective edges by the lines of stitching 19 and 20. It will be seen,

therefore, that each strap is held to the body of the garment by the lines of stitching 19, 20, 18", 18 and 18 so that an especially strong and durable connection of the strap to the body is obtained, The strap is of double thickness, that is, it consists of two plies -of material Where is passes between the overlapping portions of the sections 21 and 22, and'at'least one-layer of the strap extends all the way to, and in fact past the seam 18 as described.

In Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings, I have shown a'modified form of my invention similar in many respects to that form just described. In this instance the buckle straps 30 pass from the outside to the inside of the garment between the sections 31 and 32 and the rear ends of these straps-are secured between the stays 33 and 34, and the body fabric of the garment 35; To further assure a firm and secure connection between these straps and the'corset, and to reinforce still further the body of the garment, additional stays 36 and 37 are secured at the inner side of the corset at the outside of the straps 30, so that in this instance, these straps are secured beneath two stay seams of the garment.

In igs. 7 and 8 of the drawings, I have shown a further modification of my invention wherein the'gore 40 of the corset, adjacent which the buckle straps are secured, is cut away as shownat 41 in crescent shaped form, and a similarly shaped insert 42 is secured to the adjacent stay seam 43. The rear edge of this insert is overlapped with the front crescent shaped edge 41 of the section 40 and stitched thereto. In this manner the seam between the two sections 40 and 42 is connected to the stay seam 43 at its upper and lower ends, but its curved form permits the intermediate part thereof to lie rearwardly of this seam so that the garment is not appreciably bulky at this point where the straps 44 of the buckles pass from the outer to the inner side of the garment between the two sections 40 and 42. The straps 44 are then carried rearwardly and secured between the stays 45 and 46, and the body fabric of the garment.

It will be apparent that in each of the forms shown, I have been enabled by cutting away a portion of one of the gores of the corset and putting an insert between the edge of this gore so formed, and the adjacent seam, to carry the buckle straps from the outer to the inner side of the garment at a point between the stay seams, and thus conceal the greater part of the length of such straps. At the same time, the straps are secured to the strong stay seams so that a firm connection is made between them and the body of the garment.

While I have shown and described some preferred embodiments of my invention, it

will be understood that it is not to be limited to all the details shown, but is capable of modification and variation within the spirit said stays and being attached to the corset body adjacent said stay, aid strap having a portion extending th ugh said buckle and of the invention and the scope of the ap-lturned back upon itself and pa se through pended claims.

lVhat I claim is 1. A corset or belt of the type adapted! to be used in connection with an abdominal supporting pact tmrcoinpriging body portion having spaced stays exu di approximately vertically thereof at tllg rey spective sides of the body, the body portis of the corset between two of such stays at each side of the corset being divided into vertically extending sections, and the meeting edges of said sections at each side portion of the corset being overlapped and stitched together to form a seam, straps passing through said seams between said sections and secured to the garment by the seams, and buckles mounted on said straps closely adjacent the outer ends thereof, the inner ends of each of said straps being continued rearwardly along the inner face of the corset body to one of said stays and being attached to the corset body adjacent said stay.

:2. A corset or belt of the type adapted to be used in connection with an abdomiual supporting pad or the like, comprising a body portion having spaced stays extending approximately vertically thereof at the respective sides of the body, the body portion of the corset between two of such stays at each side of the corset being divided into sections one in front of the other, and the meeting edges of said sections at each side portion of the corset being overlapped and stitchcd together to form a seam, a strap passing through each seam between said sections and secured to the garment by the seam. and a buckle mounted on said strap closely adjacent the outer end thereof, the inner end of said strap being continued along the inner face of the corset body to one of the seam adjacent the buckle to form a twoply strap portion extending across the space divided by the aforesaid seam between said see ions.

3. \A corset having a body portion an spaced stays extending approximately vertically therein, the body portion of the corset between two such stays being divided by a seam into secti n, ne in front of the other. d buckle straps havin f bnnltle carryends dispos d at the eside of the corset, sgukl strafi gassing through said seam to th inside of the corset and continued rearwar ly to one of said stays and having their i ends secured by a plurality of parallel li of stitching between said stay and the th of the seam.

4, ft corset having a body portion and s a d stays extending approximately verti ll thereof, the body portion of the cors t b tween two of such stays being divided i t qvo sections one in front of the other, d liid sections having overlapping end ti pns to provide a longitudinal seam, and bmtkle strap having a free buckle carryi and disposed at the outside of the garment, said strap passing through said seam to the inside of the garment and continued rearwardly to one of said stays, and having its buckle engaging end returned on itself and passed through said seam to form a twoply strap portion in said seam, and the part of said strap on the inside of the corset being secured to the body of the corset by a plurality of lines of stitching located in the space between said stay and the mouth of said seam.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 28 day of August, 1925.

IRVING R. VERSOY. 

